dirty war
dirt·y war
D d Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dur-tee wawr]
- /ˈdɜr ti wɔr/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dur-tee wawr]
- /ˈdɜr ti wɔr/
Definitions of dirty war words
- noun dirty war a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims. 1
- noun dirty war a war that is not fought in a conventional way observing the rules of war, but is a clandestine war involving assassinations etc 0
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Parts of speech for Dirty war
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dirty war popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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